aprendre

See also: aprendré

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin apprendere, from earlier apprehendō; see there for further etymology. Compare Occitan aprendre, French apprendre, and Spanish aprender.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [əˈpe̞n.dɾə], (proscribed spelling pronunciation) [əˈpɾe̞n.dɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əˈpən.dɾə], (proscribed spelling pronunciation) [əˈpɾən.dɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [əˈpɛn.dɾə], (proscribed spelling pronunciation) [əˈpɾɛn.dɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [aˈpen.dɾe], (proscribed spelling pronunciation) [aˈpɾen.dɾe]

• Central (Catalonia):

  (file)

Verb

aprendre (first-person singular present aprenc, first-person singular preterite aprenguí, past participle après); root stress: (Northern) /e̞/; (Balearic) /ə/; (Central) /ɛ/; (Northwestern, Valencia) /e/

1. to learn

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of aprendre (second conjugation, irregular, with velar infix)

infinitive			aprendre
gerund			aprenent
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		après		apresa
		plural		apresos		apreses
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	aprenc	aprens	aprèn	aprenem	apreneu	aprenen
	imperfect	aprenia	aprenies	aprenia	apreníem	apreníeu	aprenien
	future	aprendré	aprendràs	aprendrà	aprendrem	aprendreu	aprendran
	preterite	aprenguí	aprengueres	aprengué	aprenguérem	aprenguéreu	aprengueren
	conditional	aprendria	aprendries	aprendria	aprendríem	aprendríeu	aprendrien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	aprengui	aprenguis	aprengui	aprenguem	aprengueu	aprenguin
	imperfect	aprengués	aprenguessis	aprengués	aprenguéssim	aprenguéssiu	aprenguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	aprèn	aprengui	aprenguem	apreneu	aprenguin
	negative (no)	—	no aprenguis	no aprengui	no aprenguem	no aprengueu	no aprenguin

Derived terms

• aprenedor
• aprenentatge

Related terms

• prendre

Further reading

• “aprendre”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “aprendre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “aprendre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “aprendre”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Occitan

Alternative forms

• apréner (Gascony)
• aprene

Etymology

From Old Occitan, from Latin apprendere, variant of apprehendere.

Verb

aprendre

1. (Languedoc) to learn

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Related terms

• prendre

Old French

Alternative forms

• aprandre

Etymology

From Latin apprendere, variant of apprehendere.

Pronunciation

• (archaic) IPA^(key): /aˈpɾẽn.dɾə/
• (classical) IPA^(key): /aˈpɾãn.dɾə/

Verb

aprendre

1. to learn
2. to teach
3. to educate

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of aprendre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		aprendre			avoir apris
gerund		en aprenant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		aprenant
past participle		apris
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	apreing, apren	aprenz	aprent	aprenons	aprenez	aprenent
	imperfect	aprenoie, apreneie	aprenoies, apreneies	aprenoit, apreneit	apreniiens, apreniens	apreniiez, apreniez	aprenoient, apreneient
	preterite	apris	apreṣis	aprist	apreṣimes	apreṣistes	aprisdrent
	future	aprendrai	aprendras	aprendra	aprendrons	aprendroiz, aprendreiz, aprendrez	aprendront
	conditional	aprendroie, aprendreie	aprendroies, aprendreies	aprendroit, aprendreit	aprendriiens, aprendriens	aprendriiez, aprendriez	aprendroient, aprendreient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	apreigne	apreignes	apreigne	aprenons, apreigniens, apreignons	aprenez, apreigniez	apreignent
	imperfect	apreṣisse	apreṣisses	apreṣist	apreṣissons, apreṣissiens	apreṣissoiz, apreṣissez, apreṣissiez	apreṣissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	apren	—	aprenons	aprenez	—

Related terms

• prendre

Descendants

• Middle French: apprendre
  • French: apprendre
• Norman: apprendre
• Walloon: aprinde

References

• aprendre on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
• Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “aprendre”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.